Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language Neo noir action crime thriller film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, and Kamalinee Mukherjee in prominent roles, while Prakash Raj, Daniel Balaji, and Salim Baig played supporting roles. It revolves around a police officer who tries to track down two serial killers. The music was composed by Harris Jayaraj with cinematography being handled by Ravi Varman and editing done by Anthony. The film is also one of the first Indian films to be made using Super 35. Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu was released on 25 August 2006 to positive reviews and became a blockbuster at the box office. Kamal Haasan won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor. Jyothika was nominated for the Best Actress category at the Filmfare Awards. Plot Rani, the daughter of former high-ranking Chennai police officer SP Arokiya Raj IPS, tells her father over the phone that she will be back home in Madurai in three hours. As Rani leaves the telephone booth, she is approached by someone she knows, and she does not come home. The following morning, Arokiya Raj finds Rani's finger hanging at his door. Arokiya Raj calls DCP Raghavan IPS, his ex-colleague and old friend from Chennai, to help in the investigation of Rani's disappearance. Raghavan finds Rani's body within 12 hours, buried in the outskirts of Madurai. The coroner's report states that the killer bisected Rani's body with a scalpel, proving that the murderer has a strong medical background. Without any solid clues, the case is left open. Six months following the trauma of losing their only daughter, Arokiya Raj and his wife Chithra move to New York City, to get away from the pain of losing Rani, and it was Rani's wish was to do her MS, there. Three months later, Raghavan learns that both Arokiya Raj and Chithra have been brutally murdered in New York. Collaborating with the NYPD, Raghavan leaves for New York to represent the Indian police (IPS). On the flight, he reminisces about his late wife Kayalvizhi, who was abducted by a local gang in an attempt to get to him and fell to her death, so he killed the gang leader, who escaped captivity, as revenge. Once in New York, Raghavan begins his investigation with NYPD detective, Anderson. Raghavan stays at a hotel in downtown New York, where he